title: [Medical responsibility].
abstract: Blood transfusion is a medical act, which follows the dictates of important rules in medical responsability. The following presentation will mention the legal responsibility of the practitioner throughout the transfusion process: first, giving the patient complete and precise information and geting his full consent; then, writing the appropriate prescription; finally, balancing the benefice and risk of therapy and using reglementation to avoid the practitioner's responsibility to be put at risks.
authors.affiliation: Cellule d'hémovigilance, hôpitaux Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France. bernard.lassale@ap-hm.fr
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authors.lastname: Lassale
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004630:Emergencies; D005602:France; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D055656:Prescriptions; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence